Public Hero Number 1

FACTS!...NEVER BEFORE TOLD!

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Lionel Barrymore

(Dr. Josiah Glass)

Jean Arthur

(Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly)

Chester Morris

Joseph Calleia

(Sonny 'Dinkie' Black)

Paul Kelly

(Special Agent James Duff)

Lewis Stone

(Prison Warden)

Paul Hurst

George E. Stone

Sam Baker

William Bailey

(Federal Agent (uncredited))

Brooks Benedict

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Ed Brady

(Convict in Prison (uncredited))

Lane Chandler

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Cora Sue Collins

(Little Girl (uncredited))

Helene Costello

(Convict Wife (uncredited))

Nell Craig

(Duff's Secretary with Telegram (uncredited))

Frank Darien

(Dr. Hale - Plastic Surgeon (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited))

Harry Geise

(Convict (uncredited))

John George

(Convict (uncredited))

Jonathan Hale

(Prison Board Member (uncredited))

Henry Hall

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Lillian Harmer

(Mrs. Higgins (uncredited))

Eddie Hart

(Eddie - Sonny's Henchman (uncredited))

Edward Hearn

(Policeman in Pursuing Car (uncredited))

Al Hill

(Al - Sonny's Henchman (uncredited))

Arthur Housman

(Scottsdale Bar Drunk (uncredited))

William Irving

(Federal Agent (uncredited))

Selmer Jackson

(Simpson - Prison Board Member (uncredited))

Gladden James

(Federal Agent (uncredited))

John Kelly

(Federal Agent / Truck Driver Smuggling Gun (uncredited))

Anderson Lawler

(Higgins - Federal Agent (uncredited))

Frank McGlynn Jr.

(Federal Agent (uncredited))

Larry McGrath

Greta Meyer

(Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited))

Bob Montgomery

(Brian - Sonny's Henchman (uncredited))

Bert Moorhouse

(Federal Agent (uncredited))

Frank Moran

(Moran - Prison Guard (uncredited))

Philip Morris

(Government Agent (uncredited))

James C. Morton

(Road House Patron (uncredited))

Pat O'Malley

(Federal Agent (uncredited))

Jack Pennick

(Bus Driver (uncredited))

Lee Phelps

(Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited))

Russ Powell

(McGinnis - Hotel Bartender (uncredited))

Stanley Price

(Sonny's Henchman (uncredited))

Frank Rice

(Cab Driver (uncredited))

Bert Roach

(Salesman on Bus Annoying Terry (uncredited))

Teru Shimada

(Sam - Sonny's Japanese Houseboy (uncredited))

Landers Stevens

(Federal Man (uncredited))

Carl Stockdale

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Billy Sullivan

(Undetermined Role (uncredited))

Zeffie Tilbury

(Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited))

Dorothy Vernon

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Larry Wheat

(Andrews - Prison Board Member (uncredited))

Bill Wolfe

(Man on Dance Floor (uncredited))

William Worthington

(Prison Board Member (uncredited))

Tammany Young

(Bartender (uncredited))

Frank Bruno

(Extra Leaving Theater (uncredited))